LinkedIn Corp (LNKD): Today's Featured Internet Laggard

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LinkedIn ( LNKD) pushed the Internet industry lower today making it today's featured Internet laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.6%. By the end of trading, LinkedIn fell $1.83 (-1.6%) to $111.17 on light volume. Throughout the day, 1.2 million shares of LinkedIn exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of two million shares. The stock ranged in price between $109.80-$113 after having opened the day at $112.83 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $113. Other companies within the Internet industry that declined today were: Synacor ( SYNC), down 7.5%, Renren Inc ADR ( RENN), down 6.2%, QuinStreet ( QNST), down 6%, and ClickSoftware Technologies ( CKSW), down 5.4%.
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LinkedIn Corporation operates an online professional network. LinkedIn has a market cap of $9.86 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 754.3, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 1.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 13 analysts that rate LinkedIn a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 13 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates LinkedIn as a sell. Among the areas we feel are negative, one of the most important has been an overall disappointing return on equity.

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